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7-9-103. Signing of petition — Penalty for falsification — Notice of suspected forgery.
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7-9-103. Signing of petition — Penalty for falsification — Notice of suspected forgery.
(a)(1)(A) A person who is a registered voter of this state may sign his or her own name and print his or her own name, address, birth date, and the date of signing on an initiative or referendum petition in his or her own proper handwriting, and not otherwise, to order an initiative or referendum vote upon a proposed amendment or a proposed or referred act.
(B) If a person signing a petition under subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section requires assistance due to disability, another person:
(i) May print the name, address, birth date, and the date of signing; and
(ii) Shall sign and print his or her name in the margin of the petition.
(2)(A) A person who is a registered voter of a municipality or county of this state may sign his or her own name and print his or her own name, address, birth date, and the date of signing on an initiative or referendum petition in his or her own proper handwriting, and not otherwise, to order an initiative or referendum vote upon a proposed or referred ordinance.
(B) If a person signing a petition under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section requires assistance due to disability, another person:
(i) May print the name, address, birth date, and the date of signing; and
(ii) Shall sign and print his or her name in the margin of the petition.
(3) A person who is under eighteen (18) years of age shall not act as a canvasser.
(4) A person shall not act as a paid canvasser on a statewide initiative or referendum petition if the sponsor has not provided the information required under § 7-9-601 to the Secretary of State before the person solicits signatures on a petition.
(b) A person commits a Class A misdemeanor if the person knowingly:
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Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-9-103
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7-9-103. Signing of petition — Penalty for falsification — Notice of suspected forgery.
(a)(1)(A) A person who is a registered voter of this state may sign his or her own name and print his or her own name, address, birth date, and the date of signing on an initiative or referendum petition in his or her own proper handwriting, and not otherwise, to order an initiative or referendum vote upon a proposed amendment or a proposed or referred act.
(B) If a person signing a petition under subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section requires assistance due to disability, another person:
(i) May print the name, address, birth date, and the date of signing; and
(ii) Shall sign and print his or her name in the margin of the petition.
(2)(A) A person who is a registered voter of a municipality or county of this state may sign his or her own name and print his or her own name, address, birth date, and the date of signing on an initiative or referendum petition in his or her own proper handwriting, and not otherwise, to order an initiative or referendum vote upon a proposed or referred ordinance.
(B) If a person signing a petition under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section requires assistance due to disability, another person:
(i) May print the name, address, birth date, and the date of signing; and
(ii) Shall sign and print his or her name in the margin of the petition.
(3) A person who is under eighteen (18) years of age shall not act as a canvasser.
(4) A person shall not act as a paid canvasser on a statewide initiative or referendum petition if the sponsor has not provided the information required under § 7-9-601 to the Secretary of State before the person solicits signatures on a petition.
(b) A person commits a Class A misdemeanor if the person knowingly:
(1) Signs a name other than his or her own name to a petition;
(2) Signs his or her name more than one (1) time to a petition;
(3) Signs a petition when he or she is not legally entitled to sign the petition;
(4) Prints a name, address, or birth date other than his or her own on a petition unless the signer requires assistance due to disability and the person complies with this section; or
(5) Prints the date of signing for another person unless the signer requires assistance due to disability and the person complies with this section.
(c) A person commits a Class A misdemeanor if the person, acting as a canvasser, notary, sponsor, or agent of a sponsor:
(1) Signs a name other than his or her own to a petition;
(2) Prints a name, address, or birth date other than his or her own on a petition unless the signer requires assistance due to disability and the person complies with this section;
(3) Solicits or obtains a signature to a petition knowing that the person signing is not qualified to sign the petition;
(4) Knowingly pays a person any form of compensation in exchange for signing a petition as a petitioner;
(5) Accepts or pays money or anything of value for obtaining signatures on a petition when the person acting as a canvasser, sponsor, or agent of a sponsor knows that the person acting as canvasser's name or address is not included on the sponsor's list filed with the Secretary of State under § 7-9-601;
(6) Knowingly misrepresents the purpose and effect of the petition or the measure affected for the purpose of causing a person to sign a petition;
(7) As a canvasser, knowingly makes a false statement on a petition verification form;
(8) As a notary, fails to witness a canvasser's affidavit by witnessing the signing of the instrument in person and either personally knowing the signer or being presented with proof of identity of the signer; or
(9) As a sponsor, files a petition part with the official charged with verifying the signatures knowing that the petition part contains one (1) or more false or fraudulent signatures unless each false or fraudulent signature is clearly stricken by the sponsor before filing.
(d) When the official charged with verifying the signatures has reasonable grounds to believe that one (1) or more signatures on a petition is forged, the official shall report the suspected forgery and basis for suspecting forgery to:
(1) The Division of Arkansas State Police, in the case of a statewide petition; or
(2) The prosecuting attorney of the county, in the case of a local petition.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
7-9-601. Hiring and training of paid canvassers — Definition.
(a)(1) A person shall not provide money or anything of value to another person for obtaining signatures on a statewide initiative petition or statewide referendum petition unless the person receiving the money or item of value meets the requirements of this section.
(2) Before a signature is solicited by a paid canvasser the sponsor shall:
(A) Provide the paid canvasser with a copy of the most recent edition of the Secretary of State's initiatives and referenda handbook;
(B) Explain the Arkansas law applicable to obtaining signatures on an initiative or referendum petition to the canvasser;
(C)(i) Provide a complete list of all paid canvassers' names and current residential addresses to the Secretary of State.
(ii) If additional paid canvassers agree to solicit signatures on behalf of a sponsor after the complete list is provided, the sponsor shall provide an updated list of all paid canvassers' names and current residential addresses to the Secretary of State; and
(D) Submit to the Secretary of State a copy of the signed statement provided by the paid canvasser under subdivision (d)(3) of this section.
(3) Upon filing the petition with the Secretary of State, the sponsor shall submit to the Secretary of State a:
(A) Final list of the names and current residential addresses of each paid canvasser; and
(B) Signature card for each paid canvasser.
(b)(1) To verify that there are no criminal offenses on record, a sponsor shall obtain, at the sponsor’s cost, from the Division of Arkansas State Police, a current state and federal criminal record search on every paid canvasser to be registered with the Secretary of State.
(2) The criminal record search shall be obtained within thirty (30) day
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-9-601
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 7-9-601. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.